At the 2025 Team Cup, Justin Rose’s Great Britain & Ireland team dominated their counterparts from Continental Europe to ultimately reign supreme at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
Already leading 11-4 after three sessions across two days, GB&I wasted little time in wrapping up the result on Sunday via successive victories in the first four singles matches.
While the majority of the remaining matches were closer, it was Rose’s men who were able to look back on a successful week and claim revenge for the defeat they tasted back in 2023.
The fixture, which was reintroduced two years ago in order to give European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald a chance to cast his eye on hopefuls for the upcoming contest at Bethpage Black, saw several established stars play their part while a handful of others certainly made their case for a potential wildcard pick at Bethpage Black.
Almost guaranteed to be on the plane to New York in September is Tommy Fleetwood , but that didn’t stop the Englishman from laying it all on the table in Abu Dhabi.
Fleetwood (left) ended as the only player with maximum points at the Team Cup
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Coming into the final session as one of four players out of 20 to boast a perfect record, Fleetwood ended Sunday as the only golfer to maintain that feat after he saw off the previously unbeaten Matthieu Pavon 3&1 – ultimately securing the vital point needed for victory.
Tom McKibbin and Romain Langasque were the other two players in the exclusive club before the singles session began, however, both lost their respective matches to remain on three points.
Among the other top point-scorers in the 2025 Team Cup were Tyrrell Hatton and Paul Waring , ending the week unbeaten on 3.5 points, respectively. Hatton beat Thorbjorn Olesen 3&1 in their head-to-head battle on the final day while Waring thrashed Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 4&3 to become the fifth and final GB&I player to triumph on Sunday. The English trio of Fleetwood, Hatton and Waring were the only unbeaten players after four matches apiece.
At the other end of the scale, despite making no secret of his burning desire to qualify for Team Europe’s Ryder Cup dozen, Matt Wallace finished last in terms of points for GB&I – scooping just 1.5. However, he was not far behind his captain who recorded two points and both Jordan Smith and Aaron Rai on 2.5.
Matt Wallace endured a disappointing Team Cup
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On the Continental Europe side of the contest, two of Francesco Molinari’s men ended the week without scoring even half a point – Julien Guerrier and Neergaard-Petersen.
Molinari, himself, only managed half a point – as did Rasmus Hojgaard – while Matteo Manassero and Antoine Rozner moved off zero thanks to their respective singles victories.
Below are the points tallies for each player at the 2025 Team Cup as well as the individual session results.
TEAM CUP 2025 SESSION SCORES
Friday Fourballs
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Header Cell – Column 0
GB&I
Result
Cont. Europe
Match One
Justin Rose, Matt Wallace
Cont. Europe wins 3&1
Matthieu Pavon, Romain Langasque
Match Two
Jordan Smith, Laurie Canter
GB&I wins 1up
Rasmus Hojgaard, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Match Three
Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin
GB&I wins 3&2
Antoine Rozner, Julien Guerrier
Match Four
Matthew Jordan, Paul Waring
Match tied
Thorbjorn Olesen, Niklas Norgaard
Match Five
Tommy Fleetwood, Aaron Rai
GB&I wins 4&2
Francesco Molinari, Matteo Manassero
Saturday Morning Foursomes
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Header Cell – Column 0
GB&I
Result
Cont. Europe
Match One
Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Wallace
Match tied
Thorbjorn Olesen, Niklas Norgaard
Match Two
Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood
GB&I wins 2up
Francesco Molinari, Julien Guerrier
Match Three
Aaron Rai, Tom McKibbin
GB&I wins 4&3
Rasmus Hojgaard, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Match Four
Matthew Jordan, Paul Waring
GB&I wins 5&3
Matteo Manassero, Antoine Rozner
Match Five
Jordan Smith, Laurie Canter
Cont. Europe wins 3&2
Matthieu Pavon, Romain Langasque
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes
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GB&I
Result
Cont. Europe
Match One
Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Wallace
GB&I wins 3&2
Rasmus Hojgaard, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Match Two
Matthew Jordan, Tom McKibbin
GB&I wins 2up
Thorbjorn Olesen, Niklas Norgaard
Match Three
Paul Waring, Laurie Canter
GB&I wins 6&4
Antoine Rozner, Matteo Manassero
Match Four
Aaron Rai, Justin Rose
Cont. Europe wins 4&2
Matthieu Pavon, Romain Langasque
Match Five
Jordan Smith, Tommy Fleetwood
GB&I wins 3&2
Francesco Molinari, Julien Guerrier
Sunday Singles
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Header Cell – Column 0
GB&I
Result
Cont. Europe
Match One
Tommy Fleetwood
GB&I wins 3&1
Matthieu Pavon
Match Two
Tyrrell Hatton
GB&I wins 3&1
Thorbjorn Olesen
Match Three
Laurie Canter
GB&I wins 5&4
Romain Langasque
Match Four
Justin Rose
GB&I wins 3&2
Julien Guerrier
Match Five
Matthew Jordan
Cont. Europe wins 3&2
Niklas Norgaard
Match Six
Paul Waring
GB&I wins 4&3
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Match Seven
Matt Wallace
Cont. Europe wins 1up
Antoine Rozner
Match Eight
Tom McKibbin
Cont. Europe wins 1up
Matteo Manassero
Match Nine
Jordan Smith
Match tied
Francesco Molinari
Match Ten
Aaron Rai
Match tied
Rasmus Hojgaard
TEAM CUP TOTAL POINTS
Great Britain & Ireland
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Player
Points
Record (W-T-L)
Tommy Fleetwood
4
4-0-0
Tyrrell Hatton
3.5
3-1-0
Paul Waring
3.5
3-1-0
Tom McKibbin
3
3-0-1
Laurie Canter
3
3-0-1
Matthew Jordan
2.5
2-1-1
Aaron Rai
2.5
2-1-1
Jordan Smith
2.5
2-1-1
Justin Rose
2
2-0-2
Matt Wallace
1.5
1-1-2
Continental Europe
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Player
Points
Record
Row 0 – Cell 3
Romain Langasque
3
3-0-1
Row 1 – Cell 3
Matthieu Pavon
3
3-0-1
Row 2 – Cell 3
Niklas Norgaard
2
1-2-1
Row 3 – Cell 3
Thorbjorn Olesen
1
0-2-2
Row 4 – Cell 3
Matteo Manassero
1
1-0-3
Row 5 – Cell 3
Antoine Rozner
1
1-0-3
Row 6 – Cell 3
Rasmus Hojgaard
0.5
0-1-3
Row 7 – Cell 3
Francesco Molinari
0.5
0-1-3
Row 8 – Cell 3
Julien Guerrier
0
0-0-4
Row 9 – Cell 3
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
0
0-0-4
Row 10 – Cell 3